Marquee Quickpicks.Byline: The Register-GuardPORTLAND-BASED Irish fiddler Kevin Burke Kevin Burke is an Irish fiddler. He was born in London to parents from County Sligo in 1950. He took up the fiddle at age eight, eventually acquiring a virtuosic technique in the Sligo fiddling style. comes to the WOW Hall today for an 8:30 p.m. show. Burke has been a member of the influential Irish group the Bothy Band A bothy band is a musical group which comes from the farming culture of nineteenth century Scotland. At that time agriculture was relatively labour-intensive. As a result large farms often had a small community associated with them, the farm toun. and also has played with the Celtic Fiddle Festival, Patrick Street This article is about the band. For the street in Cork, Ireland, see St. Patrick Street. Patrick Street was one of the many Irish traditional bands of the 1980s, formed in Dublin in 1986 by Kevin Burke (formerly of The Bothy Band) on fiddle, Jackie Daly (De and Open House. Burke was last in Eugene in March as part of the Celtic Fiddle Festival at the WOW. CO-ART DANCE and the Van Ummersen Dance Company will present "Intimate Works," including pieces from the company's repertoires and several premieres, at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Lord Leebrick Theatre. NEW MOVIES "Analyze That" opens today at Cinemark and Cinema World. "Empire" opens today at Cinemark. Cinemark will have sneak previews of "The Hot Chick" at 7:30 p.m. today and of "Maid in Manhattan" at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. ART SHOWS The monthly First Friday Art Walk begins at 5:30 p.m. toady at Vivace Gallery and continues to the Jacobs, Karin Clarke, White Lotus, Scan/Design and Home ReDesign Studio galleries. Other galleries holding receptions tonight but not on the art walk: OPN/EFN, La Follette, Circle of Hands, Feinstein's Museum of Unfine Art and WOW Hall. Artworks by students in the Arts Careers Program, reception 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. today, Hilyard Community Center. Multimedia artwork by Yi-Ping and Stephanie Cheung, photography by Shannon Snyder and metalsmithing by Raini Mcphate, reception 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, LaVerne Krause Gallery, Lawrence Hall, University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. . CAPTION(S): Steven Myers and the rest of the Eugene Concert Choir Eugene Concert Choir is a non-profit choral organization based in Eugene, Oregon, United States. It consists of two mixed-voice choruses: the 100-member Eugene Concert Choir (ECC), and the semi-professional chamber group Eugene Vocal Arts Ensemble (EVAE). will follow conductor Diane Retallack, the Oregon Mozart Players Oregon Mozart Players is a professional chamber orchestra based in Eugene, Oregon. The orchestra presents six concert sets in a typical season, in addition to numerous small ensemble performances and recitals by guest artists. and soloists Maria Jette, Victoria Avetisyan, Robert Breault and Clayton Brainerd at 2:30 p.m. Sunday to perform G.F. Handel's "Messiah" in the Hult Center's Silva Concert Hall. |
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